title: Incentives and competition in a worksite smoking cessation intervention.
abstract: We evaluated a worksite smoking cessation program that employed multicomponents including support groups, incentives, and competition. The combination of incentives and other components increased participation rates to over 80%. Forty-two percent of smokers were abstinent at six months, compared to 13 percent of a control group (difference 29 percent, 95% CI 9, 49).
authors.affiliation: DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614-3298.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jason
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jayaraj
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Blitz
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Michaels
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Klett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012944:Social Support; D014937:Work